Thursday, April 4, 2013

Math activities with Dogs.

You might notice lots of science mixed with math. That's because experiments and data are just part of science. Anyway, here are some ideas to do with your pooch and a few if you don't have a dog.

With your dog you can...

Calculate how much food it eats in a week, a month, or even a year. (multiplication)

Time how long it takes the dog to eat it's food and observe it for at least a week. Is your dog eating at the same speed each day? (graphing, time)

While on a walk with your dog, count how many dogs you see out walking or around the neighborhood. How many did your dog bark at? What percentage is that?

If you have a puppy, make a growth chart with age (by week) and the puppy's growing weight.

If you don't have a dog or just want to do more math with dogs...

Gather data of your choice about three or more dogs (They can be friends' or neighbor's dogs). Suggestions for data are height, weight, how fast can they run across a chosen length, how many times can they retrieve a ball thrown in one minute, etc.

You could do a whole chart on barking, sleeping, or walking habits for different dogs.

Simple things to do...

While on a walk you can count the number of dog ears you pass (count by 2s) or legs (count by 4s).

Good idea Sandy. Dog attacks are scary--sorry to hear you had a bad experience. I am a little wary myself after my neighbors dog bit me so hard as a kid that it drew blood. I will be adding some other good teacher sites to my list that I discovered the other day.

*LOL We could almost count to ten using our dogs! Seriously though, I got a link in email and thought of you because it has to do with kids and math: http://ebm.update.hallmark.com/c/tag/BRXub0ALvX7cB8xrpJAAXOaJhY/doc.html?t_params=EMAIL%3Dlbraley%2540yahoo.com.